Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative

GOOD NEWS!!!

THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY !!!

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Thanks to our own Ed Trach for setting the corner stone for the Playwriting Salon, a milestone in CPI’s thirteen years of existence. This is the 3-year anniversary.

CPI Playwriting Salon is our creative meeting venue.

Unless otherwise noted, the Playwriting Salon, will return every fourth Sunday of the month for a three-hour session, staring at 7:00 PM.

All CPI Informal Cold Readings are incorporated in the new CPI venue, CPI Playwriting Salon.

Our Cold Readings are not the conventional ones.

Although there are no rehearsals, actors receive the scripts ahead of time, and come prepared.

Chair, Sandi Kivkovich

Please e-mail Sandi Kivkovich for reservations: sandikivi2@cinci.rr.com or call (513) 861-0004.

Our Salon is free and open to Members and Nonmembers. It actually works; it draws more people and at every event we get a few to join our ranks.

CPI Playwriting Salon

Reservations are required, and we ask those who come, to bring an appetizer or beverage to share.

Please e-mail Chair Sandi Kivkovich for reservations: sandikivi2@cinci.rr.com

or call (513) 861-0004.

CPI thanks former Guest Speakers.

Kevin Crowley . . Alan Jozwiak . . Renee Alper . . D. Lynn Meyers

Ed Stern . . . Nancy Gall-Clayton . Ken Jones . Joe McDonough . Jackie Demaline

Tom Manning . . . . Arnie Shayne . . . .Herb DuVal . . Cathy Springfield . . Ted Weil

Jeff Landen . . . . Rick Pender . . . . Tim Perrino . . . . Kalman Kivkovich

We are grateful to members who give their time to help with the Salon

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. . Kalman Kivkovich . . Sandi Kivkovich . . Karen Kelly . .

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Thanks to Cecil Albright for presenting their script at the Salon on January 22, 2012. Thanks to the actors: Boby Elkins, Tobie Braverman, and Jay Goldfarb.

Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 7 PM – Cold Reading

Public Cold Reading of a play by Miguel Trejo , read by actors

FREE!!! Call for Reservations. Chair Sandi Kivkovich, sandikivi2@cinci.rr.com, or call (513) 861-0004

We ask those who come, to bring an appetizer or beverage to share.

FREE EVENTS!!!

Call for Reservations

Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 7 PM – Cold Reading

Public Cold Reading of a play by Irvon Clear , read by actors

Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 7 PM – Cold Reading

Public Cold Reading of a plays by, read by actors, TBA

Our location is:

French Hall, University of Cincinnati, 2815 Commons Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 (formerly 2824 Scioto Street), corner of W. University Ave. off Jefferson Ave, 2nd Floor (ground Floor), Rooms 2225.

Directions:

It is on the East side of West UC campus. If you go on Jefferson Ave, park your car near intersection with University Ave. (Free parking on Jefferson Ave. / fee at the Garage). Walk toward the campus. Turn left at the rotunda (circle) and go on Commons Way to the 1st building on the right French Hall. Enter the main lobby and just follow the signs to room 2225.

Unless you display a UC decal, do not park on campus streets, or you risk getting a ticket.

Important Note: At times, Campus Security might lock the doors on Commons Way. If you find it to be the case, just go around the building, counterclockwise 180°, and use the other door.

Also, unless you display a UC decal, DO NOT park on any campus streets.

For MapQuest or Google:

French Hall’s actual address is 2815 Commons Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219, but for MapQuest or Google enter the former address:

2824 Scioto Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.

Reservations are required, and we ask those who come, to bring an appetizer or beverage to share.

Please e-mail Chair Sandi Kivkovich for reservations: sandikivi2@cinci.rr.com

or call (513) 861-0004.

CPI Playwriting Salon is a new “initiative” for Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative: to explore the feasibility of providing a creative forum that focuses on the issues and challenges of vital interest to members -- the art and craft of playwriting.

Salon Content of Creative Meetings

1. Cold Readings / Feedback

The principal value of cold readings is that they are easy to set up and require no rehearsal time, yet they can provide valuable feedback.

Presenting playwrights must be CPI Members, but event is open to the public.

All are completed scripts.
Volunteer actors read the play, doubling roles as necessary.
We can schedule two short works in one cold-reading session, with feedback after each.

Sandi Kivkovich, Chair - sandikivi2@cinci.rr.com

2. Guest Speakers

There’s a real value to inviting guest artists to speak to us: it can provide valuable learning about their talents and areas of expertise, strengthen our ties to the local theater community, and let others learn more about CPI.

A director might speak to us about the challenges of casting and directing a new play. Production traps. Subject matter.
An actor might describe the thinking and emotional process involved in creating a new character.
An artistic director might describe the fiscal risk in presenting a new play.

Sandi Kivkovich, Chair - sandikivi2@cinci.rr.com

3. Creative Cabaret – A night of “anything goes”

Why not schedule an experimental night for any type of new work? Short scenes from a script-in-progress, 10-minute plays, “saloon tunes,” monologues, musical scenes, Improv -- a kind of “out loud“ creative brainstorming session strictly for fun, a way to get to know each other, but maybe to learn something too about taking chances and expanding our horizons.

Sandi Kivkovich, Chair - sandikivi2@cinci.rr.com

4. Playwriting Workshop (Members only)

Smaller group meets to solve problems in their scripts-in-progress [excerpts, too]. Most valuable service to playwrights!

If you are a CPI member and would like to attend the woprkshop, please contact Sandi Kivkovich sandikivi2@cinci.rr.com 513-861-0004

If you are not a member and would like to attend the workshop, please contact Kalman Kivkovich, CPI President, kivi1@cinci.rr.com for info on how to join CPI.

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